Having Fun And Trying Lily’s New Fall Lunch Menu

Posted on 21. Oct, 2010 by BrianSimpson in Hotel, Lily's Restaurant

When you mix a crisp day in NYC, a new Fall lunch menu and two people that love take pictures of everything – the end result is this:

Adam and Brian’s “Big Words” Lunch Review at Lily’s Restaurant.

Recently our Chef, Daniel Mowles, released his teams Fall lunch menu and we were excited to try it. We each started with the ‘soup of the day’ which happened to be Clam Chowder (pronounced Chowdah). Not to creamy, nicely seasoned, small potatoes, clams in every bite and fresh, warm rustic bread to clean the bowl! As a main course Adam enjoyed the Papperdelle Pasta, served with broccoli rabe, hen of the woods mushrooms, roasted shaved garlic and fresh pecorino romano cheese.  I opted for the Market Salad which boasted house-made pickled root vegetables, roasted cauliflower, forest mushrooms, sliced breakfast radish and a vegetable puree dressing.

For dessert Jesus, our server and all around great guy, suggested the Five Spice Apple Tart. The smell alone of the spices, especially the cinnamon, were enough to prompt us to order a second!

To wash it all down an espresso and a cappuccino…

Next up – the dinner menu…and wine!

Special thanks for appearing in our post and making lunch enjoyable:

Kevin Gill – Restaurant Manager

Martha Rodriguez – Events Manager

Wilson – Server

Opur – Server Assistant

Jesus – Server

Manya Susoev – Twitter guest

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Review of the iPad by Adam Wallace

Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Editor in Community, Hotel

James Knowles (@barkingdognews) of the Roger Smith Hotel recently purchased the newly released iPad, which created a frenzy in the offices of RSH! Shortly after, Adam Wallace got his hands on it and ran away from the pack to play with it.

Here, Adam gives us a little introduction and review about this extraordinary machine, presenting some of its functions and apps. Check it out!

Roger Smith Hotel
501 Lexington Av. (at 47th Street)

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Tech Tuesday: LIVE Streaming Platforms ///Quick REVIEW///

Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by Birdsong in Community, Hotel

This week I set out to review the different options available for LIVE internet broadcasting. There are a number of options and platforms available. The best advice is to determine YOUR needs and pick the one that suits you best.

Here is my best of list

1. USTREAM.tv
2. livestream.com
3. justin.tv
4. Qik.com
5. Kyte.tv

Some of these platforms don’t offer services that others do…for example Qik is meant only for mobile phones. while USTREAM allows streaming from a PC or mobile (iphone).

USTREAM

Right now USTREAM is my favorite. It’s really popular and offers some high profile content as well as a ton of user generated LIVE and archived content.

Pros

1. You can use flash media live encoder (if you have a fast PC) for HQ broadcasts.
2. Easy. Like really f%#ing easy.
3. New broadcaster app for iphone allows for spontaneous LIVE streaming (don’t forget to jailbrake and install ‘mobile substrate’ so you can stream over 3g).

Cons

1. Limited quality with mac (no plugin).
2. Messy UI sort of reminds me of myspace (not a good thing).
3. Player app for iphone doesn’t work (that sucks).
4. The ‘youtube’ of LIVE internet broadcast (at least for now).

Livestream.com

Pros

1. Gorgeous design. Site is beautiful, and easy to navigate.
2. Standalone app for mac (can broadcast using h.264).

Cons

1. Annoying (video) ads.
2. Unreliable recording (archiving) with mac app (to be fair: the mac app is still in beta)

Justin.TV

Pros

1. Says it’s compatible with Quicktime Broadcaster (HQ broadcasting for mac)
2. Very experimental (lots of lifecasting going on here).
3. Nice design.

Cons

1. I only got QT Broadcaster working for a minute…(crap).
2. Have you ever heard of justin.tv? (now you have).

Qik

Pros

1. Qik is pretty awesome.
2. Live video from your iphone (jailbroken), and certain Nokia handsets.
3. Syndicates really well. Press the red button and it posts to facebook (live and archived video) posts to youtube, twitter, tumblr, etc.

Cons

1. Only works on mobile phones.

Kyte

Pros

1. OK site design.
2. Offers mobile and PC broadcasting.
3. Quality seems good.

Cons

1. Have you ever heard of kyte?
2. Site seems heavily geared to their pay model and a little hard to navigate because of it.
3. Hard to navigate to FAQ and other HELP info.

Come back here every tuesday for more technology related reviews and best of lists.

Cheers,

-John Birdsong

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RS Hotel Food Writers’ Conf: From Websites to Blogs to Facebook

Posted on 12. Feb, 2009 by Editor in Events, Hotel, RS Food Writers Conf

Food writing has progressed from tiny triangular marks impressed in clay tablets, stored in heaps in Mesopotamia, to much tinier magnetic impressions stored somewhere “out there” in cyberspace. Changes in the medium may change the message, but the goal is the same: writers want readers to experience their work—what’s different is that readers get to respond to writers more directly than ever before. Like it or not, food writing is not likely to change back to the one-directional medium it once was.

The Panel
Gary Allen, chair
Irena Chalmers
Mitchell Davis
Bret Thorn
Laura Weiss

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